International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 v. Lowe Excavating Co.

870 N.E.2d 303 (2006)

225 Ill.2d 456

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL 150, Appellant and Cross-Appellee,

v.

LOWE EXCAVATING COMPANY, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Nos. 101231, 101347.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 30, 2006.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 2007.

R. Mark Gummerson, of Gummerson & Rausch, Woodstock, Dale D. Pierson and Elizabeth A. LaRose, Countryside, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Gerard C. Smetana, Chicago, and Michael E. Avakian, North Springfield, VA, for appellee and cross-appellant.

OPINION

This case involves litigation spanning 18 years between plaintiff, Lowe…